Excerpt from Poor Jack the Settlers in Canada Admirable, however, as are all these descriptions of old Greenwich, Captain Marryat is evidently not quite at his case between the river banks, and accordingly he avails him self of every possible opportunity'of return to the fresher atmosphere of the high seas. The yarns of the pensioners prove very useful for this purpose, and whenever the story flags a little, one of the old men is sure to embark upon some lengthy description of battle or shipwreck. One of the most graphic and circumstantial narratives in the book is the loss of the Royal told by Anderson over the ward fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.